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THE GREAT CRELLIN COMET (in) “Pearson’s Weekly” Extra Christmas Number for 1897

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An important SF story in which missiles are used to destroy a giant comet that is endangering Earth. The earliest known work in which a countdown from 10 to zero takes place, pre-dating that given by NASA by some 20 years. Subsequently reprinted in Gambles With Destiny (1899)